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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Egyptian Eye of Horus

Hello my ladies! I am so sorry I have been away for almost a week! I had the greatest manicure using Glitter Goblin and I was never able to get around to photographing it, let alone blog. I have recently discovered that my daughter has ADHD and have been doing everything I can to help her and to keep her out of trouble. Being a former teacher the signs were pretty obvious but after doing a lot of research the bells really started to go off. It has been exhausting, but it is working :-) We have less fights and she just seems happier. I am so glad I figured it out before she heads off to school next year. I know its never going to be easy but its better and it feels good to know! If you have children and ever need advice in this area feel free to ask. I have taught many children over 9 years with a plethora of learning disabilities and disorders. I am a great listener and counselor. I'm not just nails you know :-P

Anyway, onto the nails. I really had no idea what I was going to do for E. I even posted in the Llama Nails group hoping to get some suggestions and I did. Some great ideas came my way, but none of them felt right. I finally decided that I was going to do eyes, but was stumped on how to do them (cause I felt like doing something pretty instead of cheeky or fun) Then all of a sudden a light bulb went off and I thought of the Eye of Horus. The history behind the eye of Horus, as with most Egyptian history, is simply too complicated to explain here so instead if you want to know more click on the Eye of Horus link. Then I realized, oh snap, Egypt starts with E also! I love everything Egyptian. I am pretty sure I was an Ancient Egyptian in a former life. I love the crazy mixed up insestuous lineage of the Pharoahs, the beauty and colors of their fashion, architecture, and art. I even love the mystery of the tombs and the aestetics of the heiroglyphic written language. I have been wanting to do Egyptian nails for a while now and its funny how I completely forgot that when it came time for week E.

For this manicure I started with a black base on all nails but the accent nail. I did my accent nail in gold and free hand painted the Eye of Horus (which looks good on my left hand, but the right leaves something to be desired) I then painted the tips of each of the other nails gold and free hand painted a intricate Egyptian inspired pattern into it with a teal color. I can totally see Cleopatra or Nefrititi wearing these nails. They are definitely fit for a Queen.

I was super nervous about doing the tiny intricate design on my tips, but I think they turned out pretty awesome. I was unable to duplicate that design on the right hand...seriously how do girls do it! But it still matches. So pretty cool. don't ya think?

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the other awesome E mani's. There is even another Egyptian mani by Jackie at MeMa's Manis :-)